"We're prepared, sir, to give you all the free coffee you want; plus ..."

"I'll take it!" -- Kramer on Seinfeld

damn, the price of coffee will go up again.......those people really milked that one. i am appalled by these juries who award money like that. bunch of liberals who blame everyone else. if the floor was wet why in the hell didn't the guy walk around it? or turn around and walk out? yes, he should get damages, but that was totally ridiculous....some people just sue to get the big pay off

Oh, I would definitely appeal this, that is way too much money for a slip fall.

Hey, I slipped on a wet spot on the floor and fell on my ass in the cafeteria of the Pajarito ski area in Los Alamos, NM, in the presence of dozens of witnesses. Lost my cranberry juice! Where's my money??

In February I took one step into a restaurant ladies' room and slipped immediately; I was still holding on to the doorknob!!!! I ended up tearing my hamstring (didn't know that until 4 days later when I went to see an orthopedic doctor. My primary took a look at it the day after the fall and told me to take some ibuprophen!!!). I had to attend a concert shortly after the fall, so I did not ask to see the manager. When I called him 2 days later (they were closed the day after the fall) and told him I had slipped and hurt myself (did not know at that time what was the problem-but I was swollen and purple from top of my thigh to my ankle!!!) he said they WERE having a problem with one of the toilets and had a plumber in twice already. He said they had just opened up the restaurant...blah...blah...blah. I did not sue them. The restaurant is 2 1/2 hours from my home and I guess I just didn't want the 'hassle'. I did go to therapy for several weeks and I still can't bend that leg as high as my other leg.

As for the guy at Starbucks. He, most likely, will never see all that money (after lawyer fees, of course). IF Starbucks appeals, it will take a few more years until another decision and that may be much less than 7.5 million. To those who asked why he wasn't 'more careful' or 'watching where he is going'; we can't all look down on the ground every where we go. We assume most surfaces are safe to walk on. If there was NO sign that the floor was wet-you can't blame the guy for falling. Just like you can't blame ME for slipping on a very went floor before I was even completely into the ladies' room.

Not only should he have gotten NOTHING, he should have been charged for the man-hours wasted cleaning up his blood--for being such a klutz--he should also have to reimburse Starbucks for loss-of-use of the cafe while his mess was being cleaned up. Ambulance-chasing shysters, and their greedy opportunist clients should be forced to suck wind.

Where's the story about GE getting hit with a $70 million dollar fine for market rigging?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sec-charges-ge-unit-with-securities-fraud-2011-12-23

Did this man become developmentally disabled due to his concussion or slip into a coma? Did he become impotent due to his head injury? A lot of things don't add up in this story and I think Star Bucks was a victim of scam artist....the couple and the jury who awarded the outrageous sum of money.

Here's the SEC.gov story:

http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2011/2011-276.htm

So the Mrs. gets a million bucks because he can't bang her as good as before? He musta been some kinda good in the sack! Only in California!

Lawsuits drive businesses out of the country. Keep it up. Greedy lazy b*stards.

You know its going to be appeal and appellate court will send back to original court because award is unreasonable (which in this case it correct). A million dollar for lost love, give me a break. I like to see the jury explain that one....

So, if it was a small business, would the award be this large?

I wish when these stories come out they tell everyone what the lawyers made off the deal. I think everyone opinion would change after those numbers were reported. I have always said in the commercials for lawyers on tv should say, have you been injured in a fall, especially if it was at a company with large balance sheets., we want a piece of that action

This is exactly the crap that clogs our judicial system. This is nothing short of robbery. It is us the consumers who will have to pay for this clown to retire and live on easy street. He would not have made even one million in his working life. Yet we freaking have courts awarding obscene settlements for accidents. This why none of us can afford insurance anymore. Shame on this judge.

51 year old man is not worth that much in the sack. He is a chiropractor so he had no problem finding friends to scam the system. They are notorious for lying about injuries. A couple of grand should have satisfied him. He slipped and he fell. Brain damage therapy?? What the heck is that?

"Jury of his peers"

I just love that. It will never happen to me though. They will NEVER get a jury together of my peers because my peers would be smart enough to get OUT of jury duty in the first place................

There use to be a time in this country when a Mucking Foron was simply that, a Mucking Foron. When I was much younger and some shipdit blew their hand off with some type of pyrotechnic, we just started calling the dumba$$ "LEFTY" and the parents accepted that they had a stupid kid who was unable to follow the manufacturers directions. There was no litigation plain and simple you were either a mucking foron or a shipdit you couldn't sue someone because YOU were STUPID. I for the life of me can't remember when we crossed that threshold and started compensating people for being ucking fidiots.

this is unreal every bus. in cal. should close there doors and move out of cal. and never do bus there again and I mean all bus. every thing move out and lets see how long the movey bus. can support all the queers out there.

shame on this moron! He is an idiot! maybe if he was paying attention he wouldnt have fallen! from an early age we are taught to look both ways before we cross the road, or in this case walk. if he was hit by a car and didint look both ways before crossing the road we it not be his fault! Pay attention to your surroundings and you wont injury yourself. if he slips on HIS sidewalk in the snow is he gone sue the sidewallk?!

He's damn lucky in a way.. Having an accident like this right inside a corporation pretty much assured his victory in court.. When I tripped on the edge of a 4 inch deep pothole behind my apartment building and shattered my ankles it turned out, even though there was no lighting to aid one walking back there (this was the parking area for the tenants), that strip of asphalt belonged to the county and not the apartment building itself..

I tried to get my day in court too but before my case was even heard the county put a new 'retro-active' law on the books that they could not be sued for any injuries due to 'failure to keep or to repair any streets, lanes or alleyways'.. It took two full years for my lawyer to even get close to getting a court date, so that gave the county plenty of time to enact their 'new' law protecting themselves and, since they made it retro-active, that covered any lawsuits that were pending from years before..

So, take it from me, if you get in an accident through no fault of your own, pray it's not on city, county or state property.. You probably won't stand a chance of getting your day in court either!

How is it we get juries stocked with morons who think they should award a lottery win to the plaintiff?

Disgusting.

I hope the judge lowers the amount

He was tired of his job and found an easy way out. Sue someone

Gotta love our "It's not my fault, who can I blame ?" mentality.